$5.4 Million – Spaceport Test Footage!

$5.4 million... that carrier is practically yours! To celebrate, we have a great new video that's hot off the presses. This is a very early test of moving from concept art of a spaceport to a 3D environment. You'll recognize the original concept art... and check out how cool it is to walk around it! Please note the fidelity of the environment and buildings is MUCH lower than what it will be in the actual game and a lot of the background city environment is missing.

The T3A Gladiator is the UEE Navy's primary carrier-based bomber. Gladiator squadrons are typically divided by specialty: a carrier may have both a Gladiator torpedo squadron and a Gladiator dive bomber squadron. A back seat is occupied by a tail gunner who also acts as radio operator.

Though a heavy-hitting bomber, the Gladiator has proven easy to modify and thus has become commonplace in the civilian market. The bomb bay can easily be converted for light transport. Many pilots choose to replace the rear turret's laser cannon with a tractor beam, making it an ideal craft for light salvage missions.

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I'm rarely persuaded enough to log in to things and post comments but watching that video even by graphics of today's standards it looks fantastic, the rain especially and walking around the Hornet. It's not even remotely finished off yet as they say so once it's finished and that's your ship parked there and you can walk around it will be super awesome, enough to draw me back into a game for the first time in about 10years for sure!

Man, this is amazing. I am already giddy about these graphics. This is a TRULY NEXT GEN MMO.

@Hiekaa
Those are necessary for Hydrogen scoop in space since maneuvering thrusters use hydrogen for fuel.

And they are just look cool after all. I guess nerds (nnot saying you are one) will have to pick on every detail and apply scrutiny to every ship and part they see. But in most cases there is no explanation, its just a COOL factor. Take it or leave it.

@Kyuu I'd be interested to hear if you ever get a response to your mature theme inquiry. Probably way too early in the development of SC to know either way, sadly.

Also... I absolutely -love- the rain in the spaceport. Hopefully though, and yes I know this is just a "here's a taste of what we can do" video, but hopefully npc's won't just stand around getting wet and catching colds in the more final version. Futuristic umbrellas for everyone? lol. Just a tiny pet peeve of mine. :)

@Hiekaa
A little late to the party, that was talked about a lot after the first video. I believe Chris's answer was something to the effect of: ram scoop, atmospheric flight (even if you can't actually do atmospheric flight to start with), and aesthetics.

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Colour me impressed by that video (and in retrospect, the earlier one showing battle too, actually).

I've played games that looked far far worse than what you are showing us in that video which you state is a WIP. Really goes to show how much 'console dedication' is holding back most development teams when making games. o.O

@Bnethor
Any ship you get as a pledge has lifetime insurance. So if it gets blown up, you get a brand new one free of charge. Of course, you still lose any customizations and upgrades you might have put into it.

stellar. completely matches and exceeds my expectations...and this is a WIP and your sorry about the quality!?! this as is leaves me spamming the refresh key to see what you show us next XD. needless to say we all look forward to walking those ports for ourselves XD.

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@ Jonathan Hertman
Hmmm, I'm not sure - I'm not getting the "as much style as possible" and "luxury spacecraft like no other" from that model. Could be right though: it does seem to only have 2 guns, which fits with the specs of both the Origin M50 & 300i (definitely not 300i - "sleek, silver killer").

Speaking of that bar advertisement with the silhouette of a sultry woman: what kind of "mature" themes can we expect in terms of sexuality and violence? Will there be bar vixens? Blood and/or gore for out-of-ship combat? I'm not making a position one way or the other, I'm just curious about the development team's position.

@ Stargazer
That red ship is only a placeholder.
It will be replaced by the actual ship at a later point in time.

I'm impressed by that video, it looks good so far, looking forward to seeing the finished work.
I also notiuced the rain, making me think that weather effects are important too for realism and immersion.